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Bioelectric Parameters and Sodium Transport in Bullfrog Small Intestine

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Intestinal Ion Transport

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This discussion is primarily concerned with some recent and continuing studies in the author’s laboratory. These investigations are directed towards an analysis, in terms of current models of epithelial transport and electrophysiology, of the relationship between transepithelial Na+ transport and bioelectric parameters in the small intestine. One of the most striking developments in epithelial physiology during recent years has been the formation of general functional principles which, mutatis mutandis, are applicable to all transporting epithelia1,2. It is hoped, therefore, that the results and conclusions presented herein, though restricted in large measure to studies with one experimental system, the isolated small intestine of the bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana), will be of interest within the broader context of intestinal and epithelial transport.

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Armstrong, W.M. (1976). Bioelectric Parameters and Sodium Transport in Bullfrog Small Intestine. In: Robinson, J.W.L. (eds) Intestinal Ion Transport. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6156-5_2

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